Dontonio Wingfield

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Dontonio Wingfield (born June 23, 1974, in Albany, Georgia) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2nd round (37th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft. A 6'8" forward from the University of Cincinnati, Wingfield played in 4 NBA seasons from 1994 to 1998. He played for the Supersonics and Portland Trail Blazers.

In his NBA career, Wingfield played in 114 games and scored a total of 423 points.

In August 1998, Wingfield was arrested for assaulting two suburban Cincinnati police officers during a domestic dispute at his girlfriend's apartment. In June 1999, a judge sentenced Wingfield to one year in jail. Wingfield's bad behavior, in part, contributed to the social phenomena knows as the "Portland Jail Blazers" which originated in the mid to late-1990s.